Excellent piece, i wish you could send it to Parish

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

Christ I miss the us against the world feeling

I must have missed all the success we had under that great spirit

If you dont understand what the Palace DNA is about that is very sad

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

Whats that then ? Being a club that predominantly plays in the second tier in English football.

I think you are right. Put simply, we play in a league that isn't designed to be competitive and we've adapted accordingly, losing our competitive soul in the process. We've accepted our position as second-class citizens that exist to provide cannon fodder for our betters while putting on a bit of entertainment into the bargain (and blood and guts; the backs-to-the-wall Palace spirit of old isn't deemed entertaining these days).

It's an awful situation. The club has slowly become unrecognizable over the past three or four years. While I'm loathe to criticize him, Parish appears to have lost his grip, allowing the club we were to disappear but not competently supporting its transition to anything better. His performance over the past two transfer windows has been horrendous. Having put a platform in place for a new side in the summer of 2021, he has completely failed (for whatever reason) to build on and cement it with the result that over the past few weeks, the foundations have rapidly started to fall apart. Arguments about whether Vieira should be fired make me laugh. If I was Patrick, I'd be thinking about walking out. We seem to have neither a plan nor any ambition to support the manager, regardless of who he is.

We've had a good ten-year run and the Delaneys, Danns, Wards and their ilk (proper Palace players) are mostly gone now. What remains isn't a Palace side as, historically, we've known it. I suspect that the only thing that will bring the Palace spirit back is relegation. See, there yet may be an upside to going down.

Edited by sydtheeagle (17 Jan 2023 9.33am)

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.